Tyece Howze

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Walking through the Theodore Wirth trails in the summer, you will hear the buzz of mosquitoes, the rustle of leaves, and…faint rap music? This summer, a group of local youth is working under Jon Miller, Nellie Stone Johnson Ski Team coach and Loppet Foundation employee, with funding from Minneapolis’s STEP-UP Summer Jobs Program, to get some hard-earned cash by maintaining local trails. Miller heard about the program from a handout given to his middle-school team at Nellie Stone School. The program allows for the purchase of supplies, along with paying Jon and the boys. “The kids need the money and there’s a lot of work to get done, so it’s a great way to work that out,” says Miller about STEP-UP. Continue Reading →